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This article is about the exploit kit. For other uses, see black hole (disambiguation).

The Blackhole exploit kit was, as of 2012, the most prevalent web threat, where 29% of all web threats detected by Sophos and 91% by AVG are due to this exploit kit.[1] Its purpose is to deliver a malicious payload to a victim's computer.[2] According to Trend Micro the majority of infections due to this exploit kit were done in a series of high volume spam runs.[3] The kit incorporates tracking mechanisms so that people maintaining the kit know considerable information about the victims arriving at the kit's landing page. The information tracked includes the victim's country, operating system, browser and which piece of software on the victim's computer was exploited. These details are shown in the kit's user interface.[4]

  1. ^ Howard, Fraser (March 29, 2012). "Exploring the Blackhole exploit kit: 4.1 Distribution of web threats". Naked Security. Sophos. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  2. ^ Howard, Fraser (March 29, 2012). "Exploring the Blackhole exploit kit: 2.3.4 Payload". Naked Security. Sophos. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  3. ^ "Blackhole Exploit Kit: A Spam Campaign, Not a Series of Individual Spam Runs" (PDF). Trend Micro. July 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  4. ^ "The State of Web Exploit Kits" (PDF). Black Hat Briefings. August 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2013.

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